You Can't Live And Write At The

I Try Not To Have Anything Too Much Going On Between Waking Up And Getting To Work. I Like To Just Be Really Fresh When I Sit Down. I Always Have My Best Ideas, Like, Within Five Minutes Of Starting. And Then The Rest Of The Day Is Just Kind Of Putting In Time.

Drawing Is More Fun To Me Than Writing. I Think It's Interesting To Talk To Different Cartoonists About How Those Activities Work For Them. I'm A Very Writerly Cartoonist. I Certainly Spend More Time On The Writing Than I Do On The Drawing, Even Though The Drawing, Of Course, Is Very Time-consuming.

But I Read Comic Books. I Read Things Like Richie Rich And Little Lulu.

I Do Sometimes Miss Doing That Lighter, More Humorous Work, And I Find There's A Heavier Responsibility That Goes Along With A Literary Reputation. You Have To Start Knowing What You're Talking About And You Have To Go Have Public Conversations With Writers. That's Been Pretty Intense; I Have To Really Stay On Top Of Things In A Way I Didn't Before.

I Never Really Read Superhero Stuff As A Kid.